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New Snowden Leak Reports 'Groundbreaking' NSA Crypto-Cracking

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Re: New Snowden Leak Reports 'Groundbreaking' NSA Crypto-Cracking

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I wonder what is top secret there? Those things look quite mundane to me and I don't really understand how revealing, for example, that $1 bn is spent on "mission ground stations" would hurt national security. Revealing more deep details - maybe, I can see it, but on this level it doesn't look like it should be secret at the first place.

You should read The Art of War: When we are able to attack, we must appear unable... The amount of money you spend on one area of intelligence work versus some other area speaks volumes about your plans, priorities, capabilities, and so forth.

If somebody thinks US is unable to attack anybody anywhere, he's been living under a rock for the last 300 years. And that rock was located on Mars.

Re: New Snowden Leak Reports 'Groundbreaking' NSA Crypto-Cracking

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Great, thanks Wired, I just had SECRET/NOFORN material open on a government unclas computer and "I have a dream..." [1]. Both from the front page of Hacker News. Both apparently potentially a violation of law (intel and copyright). This makes the third open post, "Spy Kids" [2], also on the front page, all the more premoniscient. Who needs Kafka. Or Orwell. Or Huxley. It's all here. [1] http://www.archives.gov/press/…

Poignant question... Which of the 2 possible breaches do you fear reprisal for more?

Oh, the SECRET/NOFORN, to be sure. That's considered criminal. The copyright thing is civil/administrative.
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